How to feed your family a GF diet

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Do you have a health food store nearby? I buy white rice bread for

sandwiches, Quinoa pasta noodles for mac & cheese and spaghetti, Bob's Red

Mill GF flour (at Von's) for baking and as a replacement flour for fried

chicken or chicken nuggets. Buy lots of veggies, fruits, meats, cheeses,

yogurts, and salads. Snacks such as nuts, popcorn, and try the

glutenfreemall.com for snacks like pretzels and cookies. Look on this site

in the files section for recipes too. There are lots your family might

enjoy. You can go to a local bookstore and purchase (or to the library) a

gluten free cookbook and start there as well, one meal at a time. Also go to

celiac.com and download the list of safe and unsafe ingredients--put it in

your purse. Start checking labels for these. The simpler the meal, the

better at first. Things like steak, baked chicken, BBQued ribs, chicken,

hamburger meat seasoned with simple salt and pepper or seasoned salt with

spices only...with red potatoes, mashed potatoes (the real stuff), white

rice, plain french fries (unbreaded), and simple canned corn or corn on the

cob, green beans, and a nice fruit combination. That's what we do and our

kids are very healthy too! Makes a yummy dinner! Really quite simple!

Hope this helps,

TIA,

& Mike

909 980-2962

more blood work results and IgA deficiency

hi all, i'm new and have only posted a few times, but it looks like we are

entering a whole new world at our house. two more of my kids have tested

positive for celiac. our ped gi wants me to put all 3 on a gluten free

diet. the original plan had been to keep tianna on a regular diet, treat

her esophagitis, and then do repeat blood work in

6-12 weeks, but after he saw the other children's test results, he feels

they should all go gluten free. my 16 year old is IgA deficient, so the

blood test was worthless for him---we will do some other blood work a little

later. can anyone tell me the significance of IgA deficiency? i read that

it is more common in celiacs than others. i went to the store and was

overwhelmed----i didn't know what to buy.

christine

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the gluten free club.

When I was first dx, I went out and purchased a bunch of gf foods that I thought would be a good substitute for my regular foods. In many cases, I was very disappointed. Some foods were great, some were good, and some were just plain awful. Then, because the choices were overwhelming, I would actually purchase an awful food again....just because I forgot which foods I had already tried. I wasted a lot of money in the beginning.

So, keep a log of the foods you try and how you liked them. After a while, you will develop a list of the favorites.

I also started out cooking very very simple. A piece of meat, a veggie and a piece of fruit. I would add more variety as I needed it.

I buy most of my groceries at Walmart with an occasional visit to my health food store for more specialized items.

Take it one step at a time. You can't expect to be perfect overnight. It's a learning process.

Donna in Littleton Colorado

How to feed your family a GF diet

Do you have a health food store nearby? I buy white rice bread forsandwiches, Quinoa pasta noodles for mac & cheese and spaghetti, Bob's RedMill GF flour (at Von's) for baking and as a replacement flour for friedchicken or chicken nuggets. Buy lots of veggies, fruits, meats, cheeses,yogurts, and salads. Snacks such as nuts, popcorn, and try theglutenfreemall.com for snacks like pretzels and cookies. Look on this sitein the files section for recipes too. There are lots your family mightenjoy. You can go to a local bookstore and purchase (or to the library) agluten free cookbook and start there as well, one meal at a time. Also go toceliac.com and download the list of safe and unsafe ingredients--put it inyour purse. Start checking labels for these. The simpler the meal, thebetter at first. Things like steak, baked chicken, BBQued ribs, chicken,hamburger meat seasoned with simple salt and pepper or seasoned salt withspices only...with red potatoes, mashed potatoes (the real stuff), whiterice, plain french fries (unbreaded), and simple canned corn or corn on thecob, green beans, and a nice fruit combination. That's what we do and ourkids are very healthy too! Makes a yummy dinner! Really quite simple!Hope this helps,TIA, & Mike 909 980-2962-----Original Message-----From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On BehalfOf christineheinerSent: Friday, December 30, 2005 6:24 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: more blood work results and IgA deficiencyhi all, i'm new and have only posted a few times, but it looks like we areentering a whole new world at our house. two more of my kids have testedpositive for celiac. our ped gi wants me to put all 3 on a gluten freediet. the original plan had been to keep tianna on a regular diet, treather esophagitis, and then do repeat blood work in6-12 weeks, but after he saw the other children's test results, he feelsthey should all go gluten free. my 16 year old is IgA deficient, so theblood test was worthless for him---we will do some other blood work a littlelater. can anyone tell me the significance of IgA deficiency? i read thatit is more common in celiacs than others. i went to the store and wasoverwhelmed----i didn't know what to buy. christine

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the gluten free club.

When I was first dx, I went out and purchased a bunch of gf foods that I thought would be a good substitute for my regular foods. In many cases, I was very disappointed. Some foods were great, some were good, and some were just plain awful. Then, because the choices were overwhelming, I would actually purchase an awful food again....just because I forgot which foods I had already tried. I wasted a lot of money in the beginning.

So, keep a log of the foods you try and how you liked them. After a while, you will develop a list of the favorites.

I also started out cooking very very simple. A piece of meat, a veggie and a piece of fruit. I would add more variety as I needed it.

I buy most of my groceries at Walmart with an occasional visit to my health food store for more specialized items.

Take it one step at a time. You can't expect to be perfect overnight. It's a learning process.

Donna in Littleton Colorado

How to feed your family a GF diet

Do you have a health food store nearby? I buy white rice bread forsandwiches, Quinoa pasta noodles for mac & cheese and spaghetti, Bob's RedMill GF flour (at Von's) for baking and as a replacement flour for friedchicken or chicken nuggets. Buy lots of veggies, fruits, meats, cheeses,yogurts, and salads. Snacks such as nuts, popcorn, and try theglutenfreemall.com for snacks like pretzels and cookies. Look on this sitein the files section for recipes too. There are lots your family mightenjoy. You can go to a local bookstore and purchase (or to the library) agluten free cookbook and start there as well, one meal at a time. Also go toceliac.com and download the list of safe and unsafe ingredients--put it inyour purse. Start checking labels for these. The simpler the meal, thebetter at first. Things like steak, baked chicken, BBQued ribs, chicken,hamburger meat seasoned with simple salt and pepper or seasoned salt withspices only...with red potatoes, mashed potatoes (the real stuff), whiterice, plain french fries (unbreaded), and simple canned corn or corn on thecob, green beans, and a nice fruit combination. That's what we do and ourkids are very healthy too! Makes a yummy dinner! Really quite simple!Hope this helps,TIA, & Mike 909 980-2962-----Original Message-----From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On BehalfOf christineheinerSent: Friday, December 30, 2005 6:24 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: more blood work results and IgA deficiencyhi all, i'm new and have only posted a few times, but it looks like we areentering a whole new world at our house. two more of my kids have testedpositive for celiac. our ped gi wants me to put all 3 on a gluten freediet. the original plan had been to keep tianna on a regular diet, treather esophagitis, and then do repeat blood work in6-12 weeks, but after he saw the other children's test results, he feelsthey should all go gluten free. my 16 year old is IgA deficient, so theblood test was worthless for him---we will do some other blood work a littlelater. can anyone tell me the significance of IgA deficiency? i read thatit is more common in celiacs than others. i went to the store and wasoverwhelmed----i didn't know what to buy. christine